Implementing mental health advice in an Asian household is just so bs. It's so very difficult to practice the advice given to you. I read a post on setting boundaries in a family but hi, has anyone tried doing that. Jootiyan parni hain if you try being disrespectful like this.

It's so, so great that desis are venturing out into mental health and acknowledging that we're just as worthy of help and it's okay to get some, but I definitely think that advice like this is more of a barrier than a solution because in a lot of instances, it's just not doable

Continuing with the example, this in turn, I think, makes the person who has to set boundaries feel all the more suffocated & anxious because now they KNOW what they should be doing, but don't have a way of safely/appropriately performing the action without negative consequences

Current mental health practices are tailored to the masses of a certain background, colour and family setup. It's not very useful or applicable for desis but we're not ready to have that conversation yet.